Los Angeles is the best city to retire to, but David Hockney did not go there to rest. He moved to California in 1964 and, let's face it, stopped being a British artist, as he's mostly created depictions of the US lifestyle and scenery ever since. The Tate are still very eager to celebrate him as a local and went with the banal and tourist attracting choice of featuring him in a huge retrospective. Luckily, he went back to Yorkshire to paint some landscapes. The works are exquisite, for sure, but are totally safe for mass consumption and feel like another lifetime achievement award for the soon to be 80-year old painter.

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Financially it makes perfect sense, too. Opening to the public on 9 February at Tate Britain, it contains 250 works and is becoming the fastest selling exhibition in Tate's history with more than 20,000 pre-sold tickets. It's a sold-out crowd greeting sold-out art.